Legal Research on Absentee Voting

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  • Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Legal Research on Absentee Voting, 1983. b8250a31-f092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/41ead768-e013-43d2-b212-bef8f62ce690/legal-research-on-absentee-voting. Accessed April 18, 2025.

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Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharEe anv dutvrequired of him in-this- chapter shall be guilty of " -i.a"*""r8i?a, "iconviction, shall be fined not more thanglgd.-oo. lects rgib, lro. zs, p. zo;i.t"

1919, No. 620, p. 862; Code 1929, S BgBg; Code fgaO, t. fi, S BSB.)

S 17-f0-19. Voter making false oath.
Any absentee voter who shall willfully make or subscribe to an oath falsely

in order to-qualify hims^elf to vote at a primary or general election as an absenteevoter shall be guilty tp"rlrrw. (Acts r919,-1ro.-zr, p. ?0; Acts 191g No. 620,p. 862; Code 1923, 5 39Bg; Code 1940, T.lI-, E gS4.)

S 17'10-20. Probatejudges volunteering suggestions as to ballots for absent
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